Martin Balsam

Actor Nov 4 (died age 76) The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA 1944–2014 (70 year career)

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Biography

Martin Henry Balsam (November 4, 1919 – February 13, 1996) was an American character actor. He is best known for a number of film roles, including detective Milton Arbogast in Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho (1960), Arnold Burns in A Thousand Clowns (1965), which earned him the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, Juror #1 in 12 Angry Men (1957), and Mr. Green in The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974), as well as for his role as Murray Klein in the television sitcom Archie Bunker's Place (1979–…

Known For

Film

12 Angry Men

Juror 1

Film

Psycho

Milton Arbogast

Film

Breakfast at Tiffany's

O.J. Berman

Film

Cape Fear

Judge

Film

On the Waterfront

Gillette (uncredited)

Film

All the President's Men

Howard Simons

Film

Murder on the Orient Express

Signor Bianchi

Film

Little Big Man

Mr. Merriweather

Filmography

Acting (162)

Movies (114)

Psychos

2014

as Milton Arbogast

All About 'The Birds'

2000

as Self (archive footage)

7.2

Legend of the Spirit Dog

as Gramps

O. Henry's Christmas

Unknown Soldier

as Priest

The Silence of the Hams

1994

as Det. Martin Balsam

4.9

La Classe américaine

1993

as Callaghan (archive footage)

7.6

24 Hour Psycho

1993

as Milton Arbogast (archive footage)

4.0

The Sands of Time

1992

as Father Sorendo

Cape Fear

as Judge

Two Evil Eyes

as Mr. Pym

The Last Match

as Lawyer

The Child Saver

as Sidney Rosenberg

The Brother from Space

1988

as Frather Howard

2.5

P.I. Private Investigations

1987

as Cliff Dowling

4.8

Once Again

1987

as Gerald

Kids Like These

as Grandpa

Brothers in Blood

The Delta Force

as Ben Kaplan

Second Serve

as Dr. Beck

Death Wish 3

as Bennett Cross

St. Elmo's Fire

as Mr. Beamish

Murder in Space

as Alexander Rostov

The Goodbye People

as Max Silverman

Innocent Prey

1984

as Sheriff Virgil Baker

I Want to Live

as Jack Brady

Night of 100 Stars

as Self

People vs. Jean Harris

1981

as Joel Aurnou

The Salamander

1981

as Captain Steffanelli

5.3

There Goes The Bride

1980

as Elmer Babcock

The Love Tapes

1980

as David Franklin

3.0

The Warning

1980

as Questore Martorana

4.8

The Seeding of Sarah Burns

as Dr. Samuel Melman

Aunt Mary

as Harry Strasberg

The House on Garibaldi Street

as Isser Harel

Cuba

as Gen. Bello

The Horror Show

as (archive footage)

Gardenia

as Salluzzo

All Star Tribute to Ingrid Bergman

1979

as Self

Blood and Diamonds

as Rizzo

Siege

as Henry Fancher

Eyes Behind the Stars

1978

as Inspector Jim Grant

4.3

The Millionaire

1978

as Arthur Haines

Rainbow

1978

as Louis B. Mayer

Silver Bears

as Joe Fiore

The Sentinel

as Prof. Ruzinsky

Contract on Cherry Street

1977

as Ernie Weinberg

6.3

The Storyteller

1977

as Ira Davidoff

The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case

1976

as Edward J. Reilly

6.4

All the President's Men

as Howard Simons

Raid on Entebbe

as Daniel Cooper

Two-Minute Warning

as Sam McKeever

Death Rage

as Commissario

Meet Him and Die

as Giulianelli

Mitchell

as James Arthur Cummings

Cry, Onion!

as Petrus Lamb

Season for Assassins

as Commissioner Katroni

4.3

Miles To Go Before I Sleep

1975

as Ben Montgomery

6.0

Death Among Friends

1975

as Ham Russell Buckner

3.6

Smiling Maniacs

1975

as Carlo Goja

Murder on the Orient Express

1974

as Signor Bianchi

7.1

The Taking of Pelham One Two Three

1974

as Green

7.5

Trapped Beneath the Sea

1974

as T.C. Hollister

5.8

The Six Million Dollar Man

1973

as Dr. Rudy Wells

6.7

Counselor at Crime

1973

as Don Antonio Macaluso

5.3

The Stone Killer

1973

as Al Vescari

6.1

The Six Million Dollar Man: Wine, Women and War

1973

as Dr. Rudy Wells (uncredited) (archive footage)

La colonna infame

A Brand New Life

as Jim Douglas

Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams

as Harry Walden

The Man

as Jim Talley

The Hassled Hooker

as District Attorney Turrisi

5.9

Night of Terror

1972

as Capt. Caleb Sark

5.9

Chronicle of a Homicide

as Giudice Aldo Sola

The Anderson Tapes

as Haskins

Confessions of a Police Captain

1971

as Commissario Bonavia

6.7

Tora! Tora! Tora!

1970

as Admiral Husband E. Kimmel

Little Big Man

as Mr. Merriweather

Catch-22

as Col. Cathcart

Hunters Are for Killing

1970

as Wade Hamilton

4.5

The Old Man Who Cried Wolf

1970

as Stanley Pulska

6.0

The Enemy Before Us

1970

as Angie

The Good Guys and the Bad Guys

as Mayor Wilker

Me, Natalie

as Uncle Harold

Trilogy

as Ivor Belli

Around the World of Mike Todd

1968

as Michael Todd (voice)

Hombre

as Henry Mendez

After the Fox

as Harry

Harlow

as Everett Redman

The Bedford Incident

as Lieut Cmdr. Chester Potter, M.D., U.S.N.

A Thousand Clowns

as Arnold

Seven Days in May

as Paul Girard

The Carpetbaggers

as Bernard B. Norman

Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed?

1963

as Sanford Kaufman

5.8

Cape Fear

1962

as Police Chief Mark Dutton

7.5

Conquered City

1962

as Joseph Feinberg

4.3

Breakfast at Tiffany's

as O.J. Berman

Ada

as Steve Jackson

Psycho

as Milton Arbogast

Everybody Go Home!

as Sergente Quintino Fornaciari

7.6

Al Capone

1959

as Mac Keeley, reporter

Middle of the Night

as Jack Englander

Winterset

as Garth

Marjorie Morningstar

1958

as Dr. David Harris

6.2

Bomber's Moon

1958

as Captain Joe Reardon

12 Angry Men

1957

as Juror 1

8.6

The Defender (Studio One)

as Francis Toohey

Time Limit

as Sgt. Baker

A Man Is Ten Feet Tall

1955

as Charlie Malick

On the Waterfront

1954

as Gillette (uncredited)

7.9

The Living Bible

1952

as Townsman

6.0

Concerning a Woman of Sin

1949

Winged Victory

1944

as Bit Part (uncredited)

5.5

The Time Element

as Dr. Arnold Gillespie

Television (48)

Oceano

1989

as Don Matias Quintero

Midnight Caller

as Gil Solarski

The Twilight Zone

as Rockne S. O'Bannon (segment "Personal Demons")

Space

as Senator Glancey

Murder, She Wrote

as Edgar Carmody

The Octopus

as Frank Carrisi

Hotel

Little Gloria... Happy at Last

1982

as Nathan Burkan

5.4

Archie Bunker's Place

as Murray Klein

Quincy, M.E.

as Hyam Zgierski

Kojak

as Ray Kaufman

Police Story

Great Performances

as Jack

The Name of the Game

as Herb Witmer

CBS Playhouse

12 O'Clock High

as Army Doctor (uncredited)

7.2

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

as Albert Sully

The Fugitive

as Andrew Newmark

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

as Dave Breslaw

Arrest and Trial

as Leo Valera

The Eleventh Hour

Dr. Kildare

as Ned Lacey

The Mike Douglas Show

as Self

The Defenders

as Floyd Harker

The New Breed

as Frank Eberhardt

Target: The Corruptors!

Cain's Hundred

as Jack Garsell

Route 66

The Twilight Zone

as Danny Weiss

The Untouchables

as Arnold Justin

Rawhide

as Father Fabian

Naked City

as Arnold Fleischman

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

1958

5.8

Have Gun, Will Travel

Decoy

as Nick Santos

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

as Sam Butler

Tony Awards

as Self - Winner

Tony Awards

as Self - Winner

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Eldon Marsh

Inner Sanctum

The Greatest Gift

Valiant Lady

Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Garth

The Living Christ

as Townsman

The Philco Television Playhouse

The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self

Studio One

as Francis Toohey

Actors Studio

as soldier